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L». ^saints look for a millennium ; * all are not looking for the same Some desire and expect the g np of the present diapensa , gud the introduction of » new different stab* of things—in j„g the localj visible reigu of Saviour on the earth. They II themselves Millcnarians, aa So claim to be Unitarians. pre-millennialista. are, ami have al igns •key are properly C there—and they , iys been, the majority of profess- it g Christians—re mini a* the cro (fispentuUioo The pul o ! this tbeole by Browii,a detout i fc I confou ruled liowti, who h recalls rded the' uiillon- ing glory of this ich it is a part, of a little hook the Rev. Andrew Urish minister(not to th the Scottish Dr. has also written upon attention to a part of the more noticed, usn Ities ami to the firs rfccdons. The interest t eatment frill J«u Fool liahtar • lie dreamed that he in dead leave tltrlr lo the with thia Ui tbia faith, and are we, chriatian have failed, and that a new dispeu family of divergent fiUiciea, touching nation must cotne in to secure the the Jew*, diapmmaiions, the miuia- dcsired ami promised result. Butj try, apnalaHa aAee, tha Holy lihust, j — —■ —— — I Mamlai called to labor for the spread surely there » another theory poeai the sacnttci'a, and many other mat | l*ri*h charch, and that be aaw the ( jc (ioatml of Christ p ( /t« ban. We. Theae forces may have been torn tuorr or Iras practical. It atarta | dead leave their graves and gather wmmg* and aecr» have iwoidicMicd tlie employed below their working force, with a net of hermeneoUcal prims |4ea j • l>0, *t him. M The shadows stood —,\ tJ 1r | |rn That force may be increased, and entirely its own, and ita drat pualu «'«*ngrvgated near the altar ; and In M j|aa to man nhall Imitltct he * then it may appear that the same late la your acceptance of th«sr breast throbbed and trembled . , , ^ t|„.|n „u,| Juu I lu ptacr of . brart. n», .bleb l,»d ** h “* ,u >” " *> Ju.( Iitmi IwrM la tbo ebarob, la, U,k bI,M > of * rfl,Bio, ‘ mb, »* ““'I OLD SERIES, VOL. V.--N0. 202. kind of energy that quiekeus one more of it—can quicken principle*. Deny them aad >uo are pities I a« not yet “illuminated.” general fcnbje it much overlooked discussions, or, treated under >bjeet»on». We al and second resur >f snoh a mode of be obvious to any who ban loo ted into pre-millen soul—only races and nations even iu a day. The impression is that tbia view That this view of the first resurroc- commands the a«x*eptai»ce of moat lion |s defensible appears from the British christiaus, at least of the corres|HUiding phrases as to death. Established I Lurch of KnglamL A “second death” presupposes a This is au entire mistake. It is a first. A “first resurrection" implies matter of profound regret that the a second. % But the deaths are not least learmsl and least exact school : the same til kiud. Even pre utiUcu iu that rather misoellaaeous onmuti nial Uteralists assume that. Why inly is the Evangelical, ami m that should the two resur rectum* be the wiug may be fouml many |»rr millciia same iu kind f The Lord evrWiuly riaus. The belief that Unugs must be speaks of two resurrectious—oue much worse liefon* they uw uil, that already referred to—iu Jobu v: 2a, U w ill gaiu formidable aatviuLuic), which “now is," and which is spirit- ^ that tin* remedy for all calami nal, and another which is coining, lM5 * ** lu the “second ad\cut ol but not now, when “all that are iu wur bml, falls iu with their, alas! their graves shall come forth (v:2H, wauiug away, and relieves them dogmas are the fatherhood of God ami the brotherhood of man. Ah! * but how should we make teal this still u|tou its pillow, and its breast heaved not, while upon its smiliug ooanteaance lay a happy dream: . _ . I . . . ^ B bat aa tbr -atraaer «f oar «f tha * * htt “"‘ ’ «• I k~ .....i^ _...1 - tw> it to be sap|MMw*l that men can be , V Urft. ,M.blV f,,n» L.,,nr boaad togMber b, bon.1., wovf# bj <««'«• «f tbrlr doatb, ft.rt.Uhed then. the te^diie *• ■ en ' of thi» flue ! w,tl * »'«1 pri.reiplet. of as tin riiurwH. of a ur.rr.ndlnic aor-| |iauan| ^ I stinince of the love of fiod, u.ade living. Faith ia God. If a man |*ray as be should, it is “the prayer of fhitb.* If n man obey as be should, ft is the obedience of faith. If a man war in the church miliUmt, it is “the fight of faith." If a man* live as a Christian and holy man, be “liveth by faith." Nay, shall I say yet more; if he die as he ought, lie “dieth by faith." “These all die in faitht" What is that! The power of faith that directed and ordered them in the row, now ifal tracts and books, which are n multiplied frith great seal, au<l far I tyoud the pro jortion of the pre n illeouialis ts. 1 le will find two and t —and t op; ouents charge, four - resurrections of a physical kind o noted up ml between two of them ii terrenes the nillenninm. On the o her bant, tht comparatively few * ithors w io have entered on the « scassion m the other side believe X there will be “a rcssnrrectiou of the justi and of the unjnst" cts xxit : Hi), and expect only In £enenl, those who hold spiritual ch iracter of our Lord’s haye contented themselves shov ing the insujierable oh t« the interpretations ami o Delusion* of ; re millennialists. The r ply has been frequently made: “ )bjectiots signify nothing; with ( od nothi ig is inqiossible; a plain if:>rd of Gjod is sufficient to simple fi ith against a uy amount of objec tl mi ; shofr ns 3 our theory." There is no 0 >jection to accepting tl is challenge; and Mr. Brown goes work iq a si 1 iple, earnest manner. sin—spiritually dead, from this condition is, in the language of resurrection—not, of urae, aj phyiical, but a spiritual figurative resurrection. When a scale of unprecedentml great h this festoi ing process has taken place, we shall have “the first resur oction" of Jchn the Divine (Rev. # c: 5). jThat man is dea*l spirit- u illy is admit ed on all hands ; but afl have not noticed probably the 81 yle of lftngm ge in which his con II tiou is descri aed in its liearing on tlje discussion, “Iu the day that a on eatest tht reof, thou shalt snre- die." Thii death came, and Missed upon , ,11 men." Naturally, tl ie process of recovery 29) to the resurrection of life ami the resurrection -of damuation.”— Now it ia a likely enough presump tion that Jobu, who reoonla this iu the Gospel, should see the same order in the Kevelatioo, which bor- • rows all ita symbols and language from foregoing Scripture—never from any other aouroe. So in Rev. u: 4-8, we have the making alive of the spirit* of raeu as in John v : 25, ami on a scale of uu|»recedrnte<l grand eur, and in the latter part of the chapter (11-13) the physical resur rectiou of John v : 3A-29. Any one wbo goes to the two passages, with out a theory, and compare* them, a certain truth likeness in j appropriated. 11k down npuu the altar, and all the dead c\claimed, ‘‘Ghnat. ia there no God T And be answered, “There ia none!" 1 traversed the worlds. I asceudad into the suns, and flew* with the milky wgys through the w ildernesses of the heavens, but there ia no God! 1 descended as , far aa being throws ita shadow , and guard down into the abyss, and cncd aloud, “Father, where art thou H rrpr timent of God’s fatherhood ami men’s brotherhood f A ho)>o more uu foumled was never eberiabed. There ia bat one aouroe of the know ledge or faith (call it what you will) man has that God is his father. The them carry themselves patiently iu death. I can say no more, but with the ajiostlc, “Examine yourselves, whether you be in faith.” Wby doe* not the apostle say, Kxamine in faith V Hi* meaning a man is said to be iu in is dehd :n M restoyatior > spiritual life jriptnre) a b “a quickening," a “making alive," raSly, t uickeni a “resurre< tiou from the dead.” «ns is “the resurrection and the • B Saints ire “risen with him, ($ol. ii: 11—13), even before they un natural death. They were in tresp isses and sins" (Eph. 1); they ure “alive uuto God" (Uoni. vi: II), Hodge, Chalmers, t dwards and Jteir are all prepareil Mth their testimony in favor of this 8 i an indisputable position. I*re h illenialists i ill fully admit this of thiogt ; but dazzled by the ht of their 1 esurrections, they sec b > other mean qg of the word than | at which ftti into their plan of tlie Tliis resnrrc rction-life is develoiMnl 1 earth; it ii the highest in kind at man cai live. It admits of Higher degree l In it God reigns er man. Sc says Chalmers : “The ign of God < 11 earth is the reign of * will over t ie unseen movements the inuer 11 iau. Tliis is the reign proposes t > establish." What is ■lore conclusii e as testimony is the * of C hrist in John v . V’erily, verilj, I say unto you, The r ^ l,r comii g, and now is, when e dead shall hear the voice of the n of God: and they that hear all live." [ 'he word of God atu Spirit of Jod are the agencies at have e listed for producing results. Because the earth had eighieeu huudred years o without |ts active subjugation ^.Christ, it i^ concluded that they from the obligation to take a stand againat abusrw whah they own and deplore. Not that they are either indolent or uwltM, for fee> labor with aral and devotion; but who doe* uot know that even the lien! ni**u are uiH-onm-HMud} ita fine rx-ed their lamition, ewpeciaily if dot very logical by nature or education t! **••** the tem|4r, the damd children Were not the eutgect mt grnvw, one *bo had wwnkeoed in the church could smile at the eagwrnra* with ) wd; and the> cast thrmaelvew be which a shipwreck, a bloody mnr the lofty bum on the altar, and der, an eartb«|uake, a new wdraiao, caid, ‘Jeau*. have we no father T but 1 heard nothing but the eternal . , . .Ion. .tuck ntk*.: .«! «k,„ “ b ‘* “'l '”*****"' "'* l I op tbr , raB . „«r,bb- v«d “T** ",'f‘ t.» tb, 1, flarrd u |MI ^ .»*?*•'* ] fn*i an rni{4,, boU4>nlr«« wxkit, ' ** ’^**^ w ,c 1 * * T* *!i “ *..1 »trn,it> bruodme ' M > d * ***»*. •* <««• >*»■<> rklw. Thru thrtr vw, uO rolut- rtwo * heaven «.lh, .1 i. not in me, »l.e-tbr-r taiU, I* iu you; l»ot“wbeth the deep wutb, it w not in me. The '' r •' " u ,M heaven and the deep tell of a law **». t f at “ fiver «mlj. M.u km». it thnogb dn “ k ' ** “ in lurt '- « to that word alone, which inform, him ,,n,1,,r u «‘ «*•»*“« that ‘fiod «> lured Urn .orId that ot ,lnnk ’ or lov<- ’ ,,r l«“ ion ! "° the whole matt must lie under the coin enough to unite them in a com moo brotherhood. And, there fore, today, s* at the beginning, Is given to the t’hnrch its great com i mission, “Go into mil the work! aud j preach the Gospel to every crea tare." In that Gospel of God’s | grace alone resides the divine power mam! of faith (us you shall sec more afterward). 'If lie pray, faith must indite his prayer; if lie obey, faith must work; if he live, it is faith that must quicken him ; aud if he die, it U faith that must order him in death. And wheresoever faith is, it will do wonders in the soul of that man where it is; it can uot lie idle; it will have footstep!; it sets tha whole man on work: it moveth • *“ * rt «* A ’ Ml 1 »»■«"< -Kvamm* , w Jlvu> , „ : f«t. and han.l^ aad eyen, an.1 all 1 arlmm. nl, a (namidi of -lb. IN. *J«k "• al oriAabfc I abd |b||a||n|k jn fnUrna| tovr , 1M * 1“«* of tlie bod,. Mark how the .enter*, - 1. eamama.l. and IU eon 1<* i *• «» «nh'-nt a father. . ^ |tomr vilh MiuU io apoalie diaputeth: “We haring the tnlnition to the “signs Of the titties'* And as 1 fell tlows Mi gaitd tats | , (11( ^ same spirit of faith, according as it • i. ■ . . , ", . . I*hiUp|M of will see a certain truth likeness in j »P!*rt>pna«r«L iHie allowance is n.u «»* gleaming fabnc of wortda, I oe j alM j <XHIllht . lltJI ^ ^ CJUth through ,K 1 believe, and therefore his remleriiig. Of course a pre toil «‘*le fur the fact that with equal h «*w nn ** wf K 1 * 4 * 1 the lUMleemer—tlw* elder Brother of 1 «4»ken, we also believe, and lUl ofrlemity, snd she enfolded ~ ennislint may consider it re mark a de obtruseueas uot to see a place for bis theory in those passages. | Bat one may risk the imputatHHi \ *be*e two thousand years, of stupidity along with writers like facilities for ctdleciing informatum. ; iMiieiis w ould have slHimlant anv time portents and l>eeii e«|ually sit.—her. Jnhm TV Tier. Fuller, Fairbairu. Wsrillsw, *Srott and Goodwin. Nor can we be blind to the auslo gies iu Scripture to this resurrcctiou of the soul* of martyrs in ltev. xx: 5. The martyrs were charaotcriatic Christians—of a high style, devoted, thorough ami forcible. Elias was sn energetic prophet. He return* in the Baptist. Jezeliel was an energetic patroness of evil. .She re turns in the Asiatic churches. So does Balaam, An artful corrupter of Israel. But can tbe pre-niillenanan allege this return to be i»hysieal ? It is in the “spirit and power" of Elias, We would mid to this remark that there is danger of men’s mind’s bring prejudiced against the real uses of prophecy, so much of which Is finding fulfilment in our owu turn-, by the devout and ever vary ing | guesses of prc^ntillrtitiialism.— Chris tif» m fmtetlitfrmrrr. m <ate» m A Word fes Tousg Christiana You have couscirated \our li\us to the *ervH*r of ('hri*l. You feel ! and admit that you ran imH do too mneli for hint who loved you ami : gave bimsi-lf for you. You regret, |H>rh.»pv that thus far you have done no 'little, ami y«m intend in * tbe Baptist come*, on the tewtincrtiy future to show conitnemftalde teal, of the Lord himself. In this sense It is a not« % -w«irthy fact that many lie is the jtromised Elijah. It is in professed Christian* have such a re tire “spirit and power" Jeseliel snd | gret and intention, snd yet permit Balaam come. It iu in tbe “spirit years, crowded with guided opportn j ami power" of tbe martyred heroes nitres, to pass unimproved, of the |w»st, the saints of the glad No man will arwunplish tuucb few millennial age shall serve the laird, f’hrist who does not »n.v rh jrremrnt Thorn* whom 4’biiat appointed as and reign on tbe earth. vppttrtmitity. The command is, “Go the apostles of bis religion, referred Now, tbe pre milleunialists com work toAap in my vineyard." The often amt with imruliar delight to the universe doubly Then sire wound herself in s thousand folds around nature, ami crushed tbe stirkls together ^ and all became narrow, dark snd fearful, and a l«ell hammer, stretched out to influity, i was about t4» strike the last hour of (IBM*, am) split tbr univerer astro f der. when I swolte. Mv sou! wept . IP I , „ lur jov th.t il r,K,ld again ...rd..,. '* *" k Cud; ami tin ,.j. .ml lb. .«n. •**>*»»* ** a .altan., . ,, * . . , „ no time of vitality left for the dis ami the lielief in Him were the . ; . , \.id «h.n I «*, to ana f W»~J* for "•"""e. ,UU ' i fellowship with the great mind* of the race, for cotntntmiog with what is md*le and beat in human thougtit; World* Weary Society Ml foil of |mople who know that thru lives are frivolous and snaatiafying. It chafes them to feel that they are the victims of the therefore speak. The faith of the apostle, which be had iu his heart, set his tongue agoing. If s man have faith within, it will break forth at his mouth.— 7*kox. Hooker. It is Faith d that one daw when Bo |irwyrr. gteamed deeply is-bind tbe fall, pur pie ears of corn, and |«r ace fully threw the rvflertiou of its evening blushes on the little moon, which was rising in the east without sn surora. Amt hrtwern the heavsn ami the earth a glad, flerting world stretched out its short wings, am! lived, like myself, in the |*rewrm-e of the Infinite Father; and from all nature round me flowed sweet, peace fnl tones as from evening bells.” Hi monly liokl that all the saints de | obey ing parted will be raised up at tbe beginning of the millennium, of course they have to eX|dain tbe words of Christ four times repeated in John vi: 39, 40, 44, 34—“Ami I will raise him up nt the last day," to mean “I will raise him up at the commencement of the millenni um," which, to an ordinary reader, seems a little difficult, particularly for those who plume themselves on taking the plain, “literal” word of God as their basis. Taking leave here of tbe subject, and acknowledging tbe farce aud clearness of Mr. Brown’s argument, which, we pre.sume, would be ad mitted even by those who would doulit his conclusions, we venture to make two remarks of a general kind. Tbe first is, that he who would grasp tbe system of pre millennial- ism will encounter uncommon diffi culties. It is nebulous in a high degree. Nothing in human thought is more shifting and variable. The jiresent writer has had occasion to make the progress of speculation on this |M)int for twenty years; and hardly one ot the specific interpre tations of twenty years ago is now accepted. He can easily understand the statement of Dr. Freemantle, an advocate of the personal reign and the literal first, resurrection, that not ten students of prophecy in Eng land could be found to agree in their rendering of Rev. xx. Being the President of the Prophetic In- went help than the brethren. It is terpretation Society, he onght to 1 bnt little tbw pastor can do without know. the hearty co-operation of the friends Oar second remark is, that though, of Christ; with it he may expect abstractly*, oue’s views abont the large and blessed results. “He that manner of tbe Lord’s reign upon rcapeth receiveth waghs." “They earth is by itself of little importance, that turn many to righteousness yet thin view- never it* by itself. It shall shine aa the stars forever and somehow allies with itself au entire ever." * that command implicitly, instead of making resolution* to obey it pretty soon, make* all the difference between a uaefnl and a wasted life. Those wbo are going to work tn-marrvtr are no help to the Master. How much yon may ar oouiplisli if yog have a strong desire and firm resolve to work tn dm§ for Christ! I>o)oo ask, “How shall I lie gin P* Make a item and t-utire consrcra tion of yoorsell to the Lord Jeans. Ask pardon for past remiss ness, and tell him how much yon desire to honor him by beiag a faithful aer vant. Ask him to make duty |daiu, and help you to perform it. Be watchful over your conduct. If you would be a successful worker, it must lie sneii of all that you are walkiug worthy of your vocation. Yield to no temptations of tbe world that will damage yonr character or impair yonr influence. Go to your pastor yourself, aud tell him how ready yon are to help him, :um1 ask luui to designate work for you. With you as his helpers iu Christ Jesus, all tbe waste places in yonr vicinity may be cultivated, uml many sheaves gathered for the Lord of the harvest You all can participate in the blessed work of advancing the cause of Christ. It is not for young men alone; it ia finally for tlie young women. Not a few pastor* can tes tify that tho sisters in tho (^nfrli have rendered them even more effl of a common Father, at tbe of their earthly pilgrimage. so ume left for walking with Christ in the lowly sod obscure {talks of charity, for let!tag their spirit* lie still, that they may hr put in tune, purified, calmed, and rested in the arms of God. Persona thus ensnared by their earthly and selfish eares mav well w r m look bark, ami sigh for the advan tages of other rlays. They know that there was much more of reality ami noble truth in their lives then than now. They were nearer to Na tare, and to all that gives largeness ami strength of soul.* Well may they envy the obscure chriatian, ituvexcd with trifling cares, whose con versa tiou is in heaven, who walks daily with God. ami amid those troths ami thonghta whieh are the giorions essence of things. How often, weary and empty of soul in thi* world |»ageant. men and out of the family huml which united aH the disciple* of tbe Redeemer. Tbe apostles were si way * glad to refer to the followers of Chriat as members of a household of faith, lato w hich they had beeu received as a«toptrd children. They were brethren, uni ted iu that elder Brother, of wlrom the whole family in heaven ami on . .. . . . - rorth i. namr.1 T1m-.v Umk.,1 for- »«"•" '"” M ''t *' to , . . ... . ... u ! it, as Moses fled Irom Pharaoh’s ward to their welcome .to the boutc ’ . .. „ . . .. court to Midian. Better to keep tlie slurp of Jethro, if he might thus . come unto Horeb, the mount of God, TW.. I»i«.tk.irfm«..l«r^m.-m thM ^ ^ TbcirT.wifi.fi. *n«l thro nn. ; »*>>ch »"• » wforiiiMw aad pain. Ho, though uohnowu to, ukI rlrir Ih-ttcr to flrt* into the *iMi'riH'.., hot from curb other; though m|« I«"'»'• nadar a Juniper Ire.., fi* by rated by *eai iMtioli.ditn H, they were UUIUWI l*> ■ close the and of different rmetmm snd drinking of nnitcdl bv a browk, than be oppressed with gaye ties which are but vanity and vexa most tender ami most sacred tie. The power of tbe one name, which to each of them waa above every other name, levelled all barriers, aud destroyed all diatancas; and as they all exerciaed the same faith in what Its possessor had already wrought for them, and were inspired by the same hope as to what be would thereafter accomplish in thtir souls, it is not strange that they evinced tbe love for one another which occasionod this greetiug from Rome to Philippi. It was tbe con notion <>t AMh olm*ti.m tn.in. and wetcru.d couusrls rcvcfthnl to Jacob, each Christian church, that as the power of that name increased on earth, the love of m«n to man would he deepened, until the nations of the world would livt\ in peace. The bond of a common Saviour, uniting them anew to one Father, was tbe one cord w hich they believed strong enough to bind in one brotherhood the race of man, and iu that spirit of love to tbe work! which they bad canght by communion with their Master, they sought to extend the knowledge of Jesus Christ and bun tion of spirit. It was not to Pharisee mid scribe, amid the pomp and life they so proudly led, bnt to the shepherds who watched their flocks by night, that the augcl of tbe Ix>rd apjiearcd. To them, aud to the wise meu in the East, silently oommuuiug with the stars, was it first made known that a Saviour had been born. Not amid tbe hurry of Labau’s borne, but while be lay alone in his far desert journey, where God’s There most be more of simplicity in our modern lives, leas of earthly engrossment, and more of high spiritual aspiration, if we would save ourselves from beoomiug tlie automations of the hour. If we rightly examine things, we shall find that there ia a sort of harmony in Provideuoe, that one shall excel where another is deferfC* ive, in order to make meu more useful to one suioihei , and mix them iu society. the bridle of his horse slipped from his hand, ami the home galloped off. A common soldier ran, aud laying hold of the bridle, brought lock tlie horse to the Emperor’s hand, w hen b<* saw! to the man : “Well done, Captain." ••Of what regiment, sire?" inquired the soldier. “Of the Guards," answered Na polcOu, pleased with his instant lielief in his word. Tbe Emperor rode ofl: the soldier threw down his musket, and, though be had no epaulettes on his shoul ders, no sw ord by his side, nor any other mark of advancement, he ran snd joined the staff of eommandiug officers. They laughed at him, and said. “What have you to do here?" “I am t’aptain of the. Guards," he replied. They were amazed, but lie said, “The Emperor has said so. and therefore I am." In like manner, though the Word of G<mI (“lie that believeth hath everlasting life") is not confirmed by the feelings of the believer, he ought to take tbe Word of God as trne, because he said it, and tlins honor him as a God of truth, and rejoice with Joy unspeakable.—Ob -r—r- Tbe other evening a gentleman told me that be went into tbe room where bis son was taking lessons in singing, and found the tutor urg ing tbe boy to sound a certain note. Every time the lad made the at tempt, however, he fell short, and his teacher kept saying to him, Higher! higher!" But it was aH to no purpose uqtil, descending to the tone which the boy was sound ing, the musician accomjiaaicd him with his own voice, and led him gradually up to that which be de sired him to sing; and then he sound ed it with ease. We must put ourselves in some respects upou a level with those w hom we would elevate, if we would be successful in raising them. This is the great Gospel law, and it lias its most glorious illustratiou in the work of the lord Jesus himm-li. When the Son of God undertook to save men be condescended to be ' come a man. He took on him the likeness of sinful flesh, without the contamiuation of the sin; be stoofM*! to the bpnian level, identifying him self w ith tbe race, that in the end he might elevate those who should believe on him to his own dignity, and make them sharers of his tbrooe. Now, of coarse, this case is unique and peculiar. There never can be another precisely like it. No one can be to sinners what Jesus their Kinsman redeemer is. Yet the prin ciple that underlies his great re demptive work is ca{>able of mani fold application, and ought to be clearly understood and acted upon by all who are seeking the salvation of their fellowmen. We must put ourselves on some common ground of sympathy, and identify ourselves in some measure with those whom we desire to benefit, otherwise our our exertions will be largely unsuc cessful. Two Way*. There are- two ways of coming down from the top of a church steeple—one is to jump down, and the other is to come down by the stop*; but both will lead you to the bottom. So, also, there ore two way* of going to hell, oue is to walk iuto it with your eyes opeu- few people do that—the other is to go dowu by tbe little sins; and that way, 1 fear is only too common. But up with a few little sins, and you will aoon want a lew more— even a lieatheu could say, “Whoever was content with only one sin f—and your course will be regularly worse aud worse every year. Well did Jeremy Taylor describe the progress ol sin iu a man: First it star tles him, then it becomes pleasing, then easy, then delightful, then frequent, then habitual, then con firmed. Then the man is impeni tent, then obstinate, and then ho is damned." Reader! the devil only wants to get the wedge of a little allowed sin into your licurt, and you will koou be all his owu. Never play with lire; never trifle with little sins. Watch aud pray lest ye enter iuto temptation. Keep thy heart with all diligeuce, for out of it are the issues of life—Christian Press. Sup|M*se a woman in sorrow, being afflicted with bodily infirmities, or placed in exigencies, is braced np and goes through an amount of ex ertion which would break most per sons down; and soppose she is cheerful where most persons would be despondent Y Suppose she is kind, ami thoughtful, and charitable iu her judgments where other peo{4e would be sharp and censorious! Suppose she sympathizes with others instead of being all the time suffer ing in sympathy for herself? Sup pose she, in a gentle and modest way, makes it appear that this in her is simply the fruit of faith iu the Lord Jesus Christ ? A person, no matter how much prejudice he may have against religion, being un der tbe iuflneuce of such an one a little while begins unconsciously to feel his religious nature stirred, and to have a veneration for relig ion, aud to wish that he might have religion that would do for him what her’s does for her. Suppose a wo man under liereavement rises np into state of exaltation, and remains in that state ? The heart of every body who sees her is touched to see that with her grief comes also great comfort and support, exhibiting tbe positive, ami affirmative, and sweet side. And how powerful her testi mony becomes! Danger of Trifling with Sin. Tbe man who turns his back upon the known ways of righteousness loses, according to the degiee in which he docs so, the power to be Here, and therewith the power to return to those ways. He who has never been boro again thinks that to believe on a God of grace is a very easy matter indeed. He does not know what sin is, and hence be can not understand what grace is. Bnt after a man has come to know what is meant by sin, and what is implied in grace, how hard does it become for him, after some act of great unfaithfulness, to find again strength to believe 1 Thus when it does oc cur that Christians, who hare been once enlightened, and have once tasted^“the good word of God and the power of the world to come," fall away into carnal sin, or any other heinous transgression, at no time in snob a case is the dangcr of total apostasy far distant And why ? Because they lose tbe jwwer to believe.— Tholuck. It takes prayer, religious principle, earnestness of purpose, and constant watohing to resist the evil of this world. i i